tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526785811735329940.post7449938631794491333..comments2015-06-25T00:31:23.417-07:00Comments on footnoteMaven: The 161 MemefootnoteMavennoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526785811735329940.post-24228788705234333192007-12-01T08:48:00.000-08:002007-12-01T08:48:00.000-08:00fM,Things are mighty quiet at your blog. Are you ...fM,<BR/><BR/>Things are mighty quiet at your blog. Are you ok?<BR/><BR/>JaniceJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17476918537317701594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526785811735329940.post-80062140020885773872007-11-18T06:11:00.000-08:002007-11-18T06:11:00.000-08:00Ok, ok. As I said over on Creative Gene that I re...Ok, ok. As I said over on Creative Gene that I really only have coloring books, here is what I am actually reading. I hope it dispels any rumours that I am still hooked on phonics.<BR/><BR/>From <I>Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965</I> by Morris J. MacGregor:<BR/><BR/>"They recognized the need to build on the close relationships developed between the races during the war by introducing progressive measures that could be put into operation promptly and would provide for the assignment of black troops on the basis of individual merit and ability alone."<BR/><BR/>And not to slight the Footnote Maven, this is the sixth sentence of page 161 if you don't count the footnotes which seem to appear in the middle of the page text!<BR/><BR/>I am reading this online over at the Project Gutenburg site as part of my research on the Korean Conflict. I am preparing a memoir for my father-in-law who served there from 1951-1954. When I interview a subject (and record the interview), I usually do research so I can pose questions that the subject might not have thought about. In this case, how integrated was the Army when he served.Thomas MacEnteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526785811735329940.post-43371685350965938612007-11-17T05:31:00.000-08:002007-11-17T05:31:00.000-08:00MAVEN, You are correct on two counts. First, I do...MAVEN, You are correct on two counts. First, I do love my cat who, by the way, snored so loudly last evening that she woke me up as she sawed her logs on the foot of our bed. Second, I am a Christmas sort of guy --- in fact, back when I was into my pony-tail and long beard phase, little children would think me the jolly ole man.<BR/><BR/>I am between books just now so I reached on my shelf of "to-read" items and pulled down a book selected for me by my wife. It is Bill Bryson's THE MOTHER TONGUE: ENGLISH AND HOW IT GOT THAT WAY (New York:Perennil, 1990). The sixth sentence on page 161 reads as follows:<BR/><BR/>"The new settlers in America obviously had to come up with new words to describe their New World, and this necessity naturally increased as they moved inland."<BR/><BR/>I think I will enjoy the rest of Bryson as just on page 161 is a brief discussion of the "s" ending on verbs (has and runs rather than hath and runneth] and how the word "Yankee" may be just a corruption of John Cheese! [Through the Dutch name, "Jan Kees." Try singing Yankee Doodle using "Jan Kees Doodle" instead and you'll agree that Bryson is on to something!]<BR/><BR/>TERRYTerry Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01251750196282728118noreply@blogger.com